Summary

Ideal for introducing American cinema courses, this text offers a cultural examination of the US motion picture industry, with attention focused on the economic and aesthetic institution of Hollywood.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part 1 The Mode of Production Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution Chapter 2 Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration Chapter 3 Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style Chapter 4 The Studio System Chapter 5 The Star System Part 2 Genre and The Genre System Chapter 6 Silent Film Melodrama Chapter 7 The Musical Chapter 8 American Comedy Chapter 9 War and Cinema Chapter 10 Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night Chapter 11 The Making of the West Chapter 12 Horror and Science Fiction Part 3 A Postwar History Chapter 13 Hollywood and the Cold War Chapter 14 Hollywood in the Age of Television Chapter 15 The 1960s: The Counterculture Strikes Back Chapter 16 The Film School Generation Chapter 17 Into the Twenty-First Century Glossary of Technical and Other Terms Index

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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part 1 The Mode of Production Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution Chapter 2 Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration Chapter 3 Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style Chapter 4 The Studio System Chapter 5 The Star System Part 2 Genre and The Genre System Chapter 6 Silent Film Melodrama Chapter 7 The Musical Chapter 8 American Comedy Chapter 9 War and Cinema Chapter 10 Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night Chapter 11 The Making of the West Chapter 12 Horror and Science Fiction Part 3 A Postwar History Chapter 13 Hollywood and the Cold War Chapter 14 Hollywood in the Age of Television Chapter 15 The 1960s: The Counterculture Strikes Back Chapter 16 The Film School Generation Chapter 17 Into the Twenty-First Century Glossary of Technical and Other Terms Index

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Summary

Ideal for introducing American cinema courses, this text offers a cultural examination of the US motion picture industry, with attention focused on the economic and aesthetic institution of Hollywood.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part 1 The Mode of Production Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution Chapter 2 Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration Chapter 3 Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style Chapter 4 The Studio System Chapter 5 The Star System Part 2 Genre and The Genre System Chapter 6 Silent Film Melodrama Chapter 7 The Musical Chapter 8 American Comedy Chapter 9 War and Cinema Chapter 10 Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night Chapter 11 The Making of the West Chapter 12 Horror and Science Fiction Part 3 A Postwar History Chapter 13 Hollywood and the Cold War Chapter 14 Hollywood in the Age of Television Chapter 15 The 1960s: The Counterculture Strikes Back Chapter 16 The Film School Generation Chapter 17 Into the Twenty-First Century Glossary of Technical and Other Terms Index

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